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The Bunganditj (Buwandik) language of the Mount Gambier Region / Barry Blake.

Title
The Bunganditj (Buwandik) language of the Mount Gambier Region / Barry Blake.
Author
Blake, Barry J.
Publication
Canberra : Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, c2003.

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Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Description
xiv, 155 p. : ill., map; 26 cm.
Summary
Account of the Bunganditj language of south-eastern South Australia and adjacent areas of western Victoria based on early sources; intended as reference for Aboriginal people of the area and for researchers; background information on the languages and dialects of the area and neighbouring languages; phonology; grammar; kin terms; English-Bunganditj and Bunganditj-English glossaries, song; moieties, sections and totems; place names; comparative vocabulary.
Series Statement
Pacific linguistics ; 549
Uniform Title
Pacific linguistics 549.
Subject
  • Aboriginal Australians > Mount Gambier Region > Languages
  • Australian languages > Mount Gambier Region
  • Buandig language
  • Buandig language
  • Australian languages > Mount Gambier Region (S.A.)
  • Aboriginal Australians > Mount Gambier Region (S.A.) > Languages
Genre/Form
Grammars (form)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-155).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Map 1: Bunganditj and neighbouring languages -- Map 2: Isoglosses -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Plate: Mount Gambier lakes -- Introduction -- Phonology -- Grammar -- English - Bunganditj glossary (Kin terms) -- Bunganditj - English glossary (Appendix 1: Song --Appendix 2: Moeties, sections and totems -- Appendix 3: Place names -- Appendix 4: Comparative vocabulary) -- References.
ISBN
0858834952
OCLC
  • 56054287
  • SCSB-12372239
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Harvard Library